Bottle-stopper fastener.



E. G. KAYSER.

BOTTLE STOPPER FASTENER.

APPLICATION mm SEPT- ao. 1914.

1,192,067. Patented July 25,1916.

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Edward G. 1645/56! In" Ml nun l.IIIN-UM alumn I L EDWARD G. KAYSEB, OFCHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

BOTTLE-STOPPEB FASTENEB.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 25, 1916.

Application filed September 30, 1914. Serial No. 864,269.

The invention has for its object to provide a fastener which willsecurely hold the cap and force it down on the bottle mouth to seal thesame, and which can be easily and quickly manipulated to fasten orrelease the The invention also has for its object to provide novel andimproved means for locking the fastener to prevent accidentaldisengagement from the cap.

These objects are attained by means of a combination and arrangement ofparts to be hereinafter described and claimed, reference being bad tothe accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of afragment of a bottle showing the invention applied thereto; Fig. 2 showsa rear elevation of the device, and Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 1showing the parts in another position.

Referring specifically to the drawing, 5 denotes a fragment of thebottle to which the invention is applied. The neck of the bottle, nearthe mouth thereof, is provided with the usual shoulder 6 which serves toretain in place a supporting member for the fastener of the stopper 7 ofthe bottle, said stopper being an ordinary cap seating on the bottlemouth and havin the usual retaining flange. The supporting member is apiece of wire 8 which is bent to partly encircle the bottle neck,beneath the shoulder 6. The ends of the wire are bent into eyes 9 whichserve as a pivotal support for the fastener, the latter being a piece ofwire which is bent to form a cross bar 10 having at one end a loop 11which passes through the eyes 9. The other end of the cross barterminates in a downturned hook 12. The fastener is so dimensioned andlocated that the part 10 may be swung to extend across the top of thecap, and upon being locked in this position, the cap is securely held inplace on the bottle mouth.

The following means are provided for locking the fastener: Adjacent tothe ends of the support 8, and diametrically opposite each other, thesame is bent to form eyes 1 which pivotally support a bail-shaped lever14. The branches of this bail, adjacent to the pivotal connection of thesame with the eyes 13, are bent into eyes 15 to which are connected therespective ends of a locking bail 16 designed to engage the hook 12. Theends of the branches of the locking bail have lateral bends which areslipped into the eyes 13 whereby a pivotal connection between the bailand the lever is had. The cross piece connecting the branches of thebail is engageable with the book 12.

In operation, before the bail 16 can be placed over the book 12, it isnecessary to swing the lever 14 upward until the pivot of the bail isabove the pivotal connection of the lever with the support 8. Thisoperation elevates and carries the bail forward a sufficient distance sothat it may be swung over the hook 12. Now, to tighten the bail on thehook, the lever is swung downward which exerts a downward pull on thebail and draws it tightly down over the hook. The lever is swung downuntil the pivots of the bail and the lever are in vertical alinement orslightly past a dead center position. whereupon the bail is locked inholding position, and it cannot be released from the hook until thelever is again swung upward to carry the bail upward and forward oil thehook. The downward pull on the bail causes the cross bar to press downon the cap, and the latter is thus tightly (lumped on the bottle mouthto seal the same. It will be noted that in the applicants device thehook 12, and the connecting portion of the branches of the bail 14 areon opposite sides of the bottle, and the bail 16 extends diagonallytherebetwcen. It will therefore be seen that the bail 16 tends to drawthe bail 14 tightly against the side of the bottle and prevents the samefrom accidentally slipping up to release the cross bar 10.

By providing the cap fastener hcrcinbefore described, the bottle may bepartly emptied and rescaled by replacing the cap arid securing the sameby the fastening dcvlce.

I claim:

The combination with a bottle and a stopper therefor; of a fastener forthe stopper comprising a supporting member fastened to the bottle, astopper holding member pivoted to said supporting member and adapted toextend across the top of the sto per, a locking bail straddling the botte, the branches of which bail are pivoted to the support adjacent to thepivot of the stopper holding member and the connecting portion of saidbail branches being adapted to engage the side of the bottle when saidhail is in locking )osition, and a bail adapted to engage the iree endof the sto per holding member and having its branc ies )ivotallyconnected to the branches of the loc ing bail adjacent to the pivotthereof, that part of Copies of this patent may be obtained for fivecent: each,

2O whereof I ailix my signature two witnesses.

EDWARD G. KAYSER.

Witnesses:

S. J. Lemma, H. G. Ba'rcnnnon.

by addressing the "Commissioner or Patent Wuhinzton, D. 0.

